State managed architectures

Hue Culture Museum (Source: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) - The People’s Committee of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has announced a plan to preserve French-style architecture works. The works include 11 State-managed architectures in Hue ancient city such as Hue University, Hue Station, Hue Culture Museum and Diem Phung Thi Art Gallery; and 16 others owned by organisations and households. French-style architecture in Hue is part of the rich architectural history of the former imperial capital city. The Hue Culture Museum at No. 25 Le Loi street was built in the style of ancient French architecture. It comprises one two-storey working building and another one with three floors. The brick-wall buildings share the same stairs. Hue Youth Culture Centre, which was L'Accueil formerly, was built in 1939. It is typical of the architecture style of exploitation and application of factors like weather, climate and indigenous culture. In recent years, a series of … [Read more...] about French-style architecture works in Hue to be protected

The latest IP-connected and fully-featured Public Address and Voice Alarm System Praesensa and Electro-Voice (EV) portable loudspeakers of Bosch are solutions that connect all the dots and sets again new industry standards. Guru Mallikarjuna, managing director of Bosch Vietnam speaking at the event Bosch Building Technologies, the global leader of Security, Safety and Communication products, today cooperated with Platinum Partner AIC Trading JSC to demonstrate excellent communication systems during the Connected Communication Solutions event at the Daewoo Hanoi Hotel. Nearly 150 customers, dealers and professionals working in the audio industry were presented at the event to experience full sound portfolio from Bosch, Electro-Voice and Dynacord, and how they are interconnected with each other as well as with the security, safety and communications domains for comprehensive solutions. Becky Vo, country head in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar of Bosch Building Technologies, … [Read more...] about Bosch showcased state of the art audio products at the Connected Communication Solutions event

Lack of sustainable strategies Generally speaking, each locality in Vietnam that has a World Heritage Site recognised by UNESCO also devotes special resources to the development of tourism and a unique “brand” of culture. However, the management of Vietnam’s eight World Cultural and Natural Heritage sites have yielded varied results. Regarding numbers of visitors to the sites, the most recent statistics show that only four out of eight heritage sites exceeded one million tourist visits in 2015. These were the Trang An Complex in Ninh Binh Province (five million tourist visits), Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh Province (2.5 million), the Hue Royal Heritage Complex in Thua Thien–Hue Province (2 million) and the ancient town of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province (1.1 million). The other four heritage sites received a much more modest number of visitors. These were Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh (740,000), the My Son Sanctuary in … [Read more...] about Nhandan Newspaper – Improving management capacity for World Heritage Sites in Vietnam

Local Lowdown (09-08-2006) VN Museum of Ethnology gets State Labour Order HA NOI —The Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology received the State’s Labour Order, Second Class on Monday for its outstanding contributions to the country’s scientific and cultural activities over the last five years. This event also marks the museum’s tireless efforts since the Prime Minister’s decision to set up the museum in 1995. Since 2001, the museum has organised 49 exhibitions, including Ha Noi Life Under Subsidiary Economy and 100 Years of Viet Nam Weddings; built five folklore architectural works like the houses of the Cham, Ba Na and Ha Nhi ethnic people, and a Co Tu tomb. The museum has greeted more than 697,000 visitors - among them 311,000 foreign visitors from 69 countries and territories. Asia House of Spain presented to public HA NOI — The Viet Nam National Library and the Spanish Embassy recently organised a ceremony to introduce the Asia House of Spain. The Asian … [Read more...] about VN Museum of Ethnology gets State Labour Order

Da Lat has been Vietnam’s best known retreat for more than a century, and at the heart of its attraction are French villas. Waking up somewhat belatedly to their historical and architectural value as well as their tourism potential, authorities in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong initiated efforts to restore them. But this was not an easy task. For instance, the investment proposal for upgrading a prominent cluster of villas on what used to be called the “French Street” – Tran Hung Dao – made by the Da Lat Resort Incorporation (DRI), failed to attract any real interest. The reasons cited were the large scale of the project and slow turnover, as also the lack of people who were passionate about it. The project was eventually taken over by HCMC-based information technology firm CADASA, which won a contract for restoring 13 villas and using them for 50 years. The investor had several things to consider in implementing project. The basic … [Read more...] about Restoring repositories of Vietnam’s architectural heritage

VietNamNet Bridge - The Reunification Palace, Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica and the Nha Rong Wharf are renowned for both their unique architecture and historic significance. Below are the most famous architectures in the city.
1. Reunification Palace
After the Geneva Treaty was signed, the area was handed over to PM Ngo Dinh Diem, who changed its named to Doc Lap (Independence) Palace.
In October 1955, Diem, through a referendum, deposed Head of State Bao Dai and proclaimed himself President of the Republic of Vietnam.
On February 27, 1962, a coup d'etat broke out against Diem's regime. Leaders of the coup deployed two AD6 planes operated by two pilots Nguyen Van Cu and Pham Phu Quoc to bomb the palace, destroying its left side. Diem and his younger brother, adviser Ngo Dinh Nhu, escaped death and the coup ended in defeat.
As the palace was seriously damaged, Diem ordered the construction of a new palace at the same place but kept the structure's name unchanged.
Construction of … [Read more...] about 10 famous architectures of Saigon

Vinmec injects in public health care
Vingroup, a leading domestic real estate developer, last week inaugurated the country's largest private international hospital in Hanoi, built in a record 10 months while other private-invested ones remain delayed.
Vingroup, a leading domestic real estate developer, last week received the congratulatory flowers from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as the firm inaugurated the country's largest private hospital in Hanoi.
Vinmec International General Hospital has been built in a record 10 months while other private-invested ones remain delayed.
The $100 million Vinmec International General Hospital will ease pressure on the overloaded health system and offer high-quality healthcare services for locals and foreigners.
Vinmec is located on a 2.5 hectare campus nearby Vingroup's Times City Urban Complex, comprising two basements, seven ground floors with 600 patient beds. It is six-fold bigger than the French Hospital of Hanoi.
The hospital has … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 10/1

Seaports are busy on first day of 2013
On January 1, Cai Lan Port in the northern province of Quang Ninh received the first cargo vessel of 2013, the CHUETSU SPIRIT from the Philippines.
The 43,000 tonne ship docked in the port to pick up 35,000 tonnes of wood chips that it will transport to Japan.
The port's target for 2013 is to process 7 million tonnes of goods, earning at least VND270 billion.
Earlier on New Year, workers from Hoang Dieu Company, a member of the Hai Phong Port Company loaded the first shipment of 2013.
Duong Thanh Binh, Chairman of the Member Council of the Hai Phong Port Company, said it will increase its capacity and improve its service to meet the growing demand of customers in 2013.
The company will strive to handle a total of 18.5 million tonnes of goods in 2013, to either equal or exceed its revenue in 2012.
In 2012, Hai Phong Port handled 18.2 million tonnes of goods, equivalent to 101.1 per cent of their target, and an increase of 3.4 per cent from … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 2/1

Management of regional culture aims at the following objectives:
- To avoid and minimize the imbalance of spirit and culture between localities in the process of industrialization and modernization in which development level varies from one region to another.
- To promote local cultural characteristics and create favorable conditions for sub-regions to exchange cultural activities in order to make local development match the national development and further receive inputs from bigger communities in the country for their development.
- To preserve and refurbish the cultural scenery and environment in localities, promote folklore from architectural constructions such as temples, pagodas etc to traditional literature, popular art and legends. Management of regional culture and administrative mangement can protect the traditional arts of villages and sub-regions across the countries.
The basic objective of the management of regional culture is to avoid the overdevelopment in some … [Read more...] about Our policy on the management of culture in different regions across the country

Film Festival rescheduled due to General's State funeral The 18th National Film Festival will open two days later than scheduled, due to the State funeral being held for General Vo Nguyen Giap on Friday. The General passed away last Friday, aged 103. According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the film festival will officially take place in the northern province of Quang Ninh's Ha Long City from October 15-16 instead of the previously planned October 11-15. The ministry said the event would also be shortened, but some of the sidelined activities, including a Cinema with Quang Ninh exhibition, a workshop on film-making and distribution co-operation, and an exchange entitled Artists with Coalmine Workers will continue. The film festival is expected to attract around 1,000 participants including international guests. Vietnam takes part in ASEAN Festival 2013 The nation joined the ASEAN Festival 2013 in Yokohama City’s Yamashita park, Japan on October 5-6. Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Film Festival rescheduled due to General’s State funeral